Table 1. Private sector firm-level gross job gains and job losses Seasonally Adjusted: Dynamic method 100 to 249 employees (In thousands) Gross job gains Gross job losses Year 3 months ended Net change (1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing firms firms firms firms 1992 September 60 603 570 33 543 507 36 December 49 602 567 35 553 511 42 1993 March 65 602 568 34 537 500 37 June 71 594 566 28 523 483 40 September 122 645 614 31 523 484 39 December 97 635 604 31 538 502 36 1994 March 82 625 588 37 543 505 38 June 102 635 602 33 533 490 43 September 143 673 637 36 530 497 33 December 101 654 622 32 553 513 40 1995 March 94 659 625 34 565 528 37 June 38 624 590 34 586 545 41 September 98 675 642 33 577 533 44 December 85 675 634 41 590 545 45 1996 March 59 662 627 35 603 561 42 June 30 637 599 38 607 565 42 September 94 689 648 41 595 550 45 December 120 692 655 37 572 529 43 1997 March 79 677 643 34 598 556 42 June 67 650 615 35 583 540 43 September 126 717 676 41 591 547 44 December 87 717 676 41 630 562 68 1998 March 84 727 671 56 643 589 54 June 38 686 639 47 648 586 62 September 76 695 658 37 619 571 48 December 97 697 664 33 600 555 45 1999 March 23 697 651 46 674 621 53 June 69 687 645 42 618 578 40 September 72 704 670 34 632 585 47 December 129 732 696 36 603 558 45 2000 March 109 743 704 39 634 589 45 June 49 689 659 30 640 596 44 September 51 700 670 30 649 602 47 December 40 681 652 29 641 596 45 2001 March -58 663 636 27 721 662 59 June -105 633 606 27 738 695 43 September -146 588 558 30 734 686 48 December -113 586 556 30 699 661 38 2002 March -30 619 590 29 649 609 40 June -11 612 584 28 623 585 38 September -26 585 562 23 611 575 36 December -38 570 549 21 608 574 34 2003 March -26 583 560 23 609 576 33 June -20 579 557 22 599 569 30 September 13 577 555 22 564 537 27 December 16 577 553 24 561 531 30 2004 March 79 615 594 21 536 506 30 June 71 614 591 23 543 515 28 September 56 611 587 24 555 525 30 December 62 607 585 22 545 521 24 2005 March 60 601 579 22 541 515 26 June 75 617 596 21 542 519 23 September 49 618 597 21 569 544 25 December 25 584 567 17 559 537 22 2006 March 125 621 605 16 496 479 17 June 65 613 596 17 548 527 21 September 9 574 559 15 565 546 19 December 43 588 573 15 545 528 17 2007 March 58 593 581 12 535 517 18 June 67 609 597 12 542 526 16 September -33 546 531 15 579 563 16 December 45 586 572 14 541 526 15 2008 March 1 549 535 14 548 532 16 June -12 565 552 13 577 561 16 September -92 516 504 12 608 593 15 December -194 488 475 13 682 666 16 2009 March -328 406 397 9 734 719 15 June -152 487 474 13 639 625 14 September -70 475 463 12 545 533 12 December -12 500 488 12 512 499 13 2010 March 4 465 455 10 461 452 9 June 121 560 547 13 439 430 9 September 37 512 501 11 475 464 11 December 68 540 527 13 472 460 12 2011 March 65 490 480 10 425 417 8 June 101 558 546 12 457 447 10 September 84 551 539 12 467 458 9 December 30 509 497 12 479 468 11 2012 March 116 539 530 9 423 414 9 June 88 560 549 11 472 460 12 September 20 517 506 11 497 486 11 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.